Lavender Brown in Harry Potter 6 is…

CBBC Newsround reports that newcomer Jessie Cave has been cast as Lavender Brown in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, opening in theaters on November 21, 2008. Cave will appear in the CBBC drama “Summerhill,” which is set to premiere early next year in the U.K.

In the book, Lavender Brown becomes Ron Weasley’s first girlfriend, and the pair get on everyone’s nerves because they can’t stop kissing!